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US Plant Patent PP17103

Cobwhite

Argyranthemum plant named ‘Cobwhite’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 6, 2024. This patent earned 328 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17103, the photograph of Cobwhite printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17103, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP17103
Filed
October 6, 2004
Granted
September 19, 2006
Expires
August 30, 2025
Inventor
MORGAN MAL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘Cobwhite’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit, dense and bushy plants; freely flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per plant; daisy-type inflorescence form with white-colored ray florets and yellow orange-colored disc florets.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘Cobwhite’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17103 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.